‘I Did Not Marry My Husband For Money’ – Mercy Aigbe 

Before she met her spouse, Aigbe says she was financially secure.

By Omotayo Olutekunbi

Mercy Aigbe, a Nollywood actress, has spoken out against rumours that she married her new husband, Adeoti Kazim, for his money.

The actress and her husband discussed their relationship, business cooperation, and choice to marry in a recent interview with MediaRoomHub.

Before she decided to go down the aisle with Adeoti, Aigbe was already a well-to-do actress, according to her.

“I am not poor to start with. I work very hard, and I wonder why people don’t see my hard work. I’m one of the most misunderstood people. I work so hard and hardly sleep. I have assets—my child is abroad and I pay school fees in dollars. I change naira to dollars, and I have been doing that before I got married. I don’t know how people got that notion that I married because of money,” she said.

“It is not like he is poor, I’m also rich. I’m extremely comfortable to God’s glory. I married him because I love him, not because of money. I married him because he is my best friend. He gives me peace; he makes me happy. I didn’t marry him because of money, in fact, I’m working for him because we are business partners.”

Aigbe stated that they are complementary to one another and that she would not define herself as a gold digger as a result.

“We complement each other, so I also brought something to the table—it’s not like I just walked into the relationship without any value. I’m not a gold-digger, I work hard for my money. All those influencing jobs you see me do, I charge huge sums of money—and my store is also the most followed on Instagram, so I make a lot of money from that too,” she added.

“I have over 10 million followers on Instagram. I have been doing business for years. I am the first set of people that made so much money from influencing before it became very common and we made a lot of money. People are always judgmental; they don’t know the true picture.”

Before they started dating, Kazim stated he had been friends with Aigbe for over 10 years as business colleagues.

The marriage of Aigbe and Kazim initially made headlines in January 2022.

According to certain sources, Aigbe ended Kazim’s already existing marriage.

“My family resides in the US, and I shuttle between Nigeria and the US because my business is here in Nigeria. If people say we are separated, maybe it’s because my family is not here with me in Nigeria. So, I’m good with my first wife, we are good together,” Kazim said in the interview.

“Though there were issues initially, we are good now, everything is fine and back to normal. I am a Muslim and I am entitled to more than one wife—now I have two wives. I have two beautiful women and I’m glad.”

Lanre Gentry, a socialite and businessman, was once married to Aigbe.

In 2017, they separated after Domestic violence and cheating allegations damaged the relationship.